Rediscovered veteran British songsmith Bill Fay gets critical accolades
THE BRITISH singer, songwriter and pianist Bill Fay, who recorded two unsuccessful
albums in the '60s and '70s, was subsequently dropped by his record
company and then spent decades in obscurity until being rediscovered
in 2012, is receiving critical praise for his new album. Reviewing
Fay's 'Who Is The Sender?' on Dead Oceans Records Record Collector
magazine wrote, "Taken at a meditative, reflective pace, it's a dense,
magisterial record, but there's always space for Fay's humble,
declamatory 'alternative gospel' ruminations. 'The Freedom To Read'
eulogises William Tyndale, martyred for translating the Bible into
English, while 'War Machine' contrasts a hawk's hunting instinct with
the human compulsion for conflict."